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10-28-2005, 10:03

"Mark Parnell" <webmaster@clarkecomputers.com.au> wrote in message
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> In our last episode, MTC <freightshkr@earthlink.net> pronounced to
> alt.www.webmaster:
>
>> Anyway, I want to put a sign-up form on the main page of my site that
>> will
>> collect the visitors name and email, then send them to another webpage
>> ("thank you" page, download page, etc.) once the information has been
>> submitted.
>
> Sounds pretty straight forward.
>
>> I've looked everywhere I can think of for a script or something
>> that will do this with no results.
>
> Have you tried your host? Most usually have a basic form handler script
> available.
>
> Otherwise it will depend what server-side language(s) you have available
> to you. But there are plenty around. E.g. for PHP:
> http://hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_an...ors/index.html
>
> --
> Mark Parnell
> http://clarkecomputers.com.au

Thanks for the information!

My host does have a form generator. It's the one that requires that the
visitor click a link that takes them to the form on another page rather than
having it incorporated on my main page.

I checked out the link you offered. As it's obvious I know very little about
this, my next question would be: is having the visitor automatically sent to
another page something common to these scripts? The descriptions seem only
to make reference to how the collected information is handled.

10-28-2005, 10:03	#4 (permalink)
MTC Civilians	Re: Email form "Mark Parnell" <webmaster@clarkecomputers.com.au> wrote in message news:4361c3cc$0$21701$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au... > In our last episode, MTC <freightshkr@earthlink.net> pronounced to > alt.www.webmaster: > >> Anyway, I want to put a sign-up form on the main page of my site that >> will >> collect the visitors name and email, then send them to another webpage >> ("thank you" page, download page, etc.) once the information has been >> submitted. > > Sounds pretty straight forward. > >> I've looked everywhere I can think of for a script or something >> that will do this with no results. > > Have you tried your host? Most usually have a basic form handler script > available. > > Otherwise it will depend what server-side language(s) you have available > to you. But there are plenty around. E.g. for PHP: > http://hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_an...ors/index.html > > -- > Mark Parnell > http://clarkecomputers.com.au Thanks for the information! My host does have a form generator. It's the one that requires that the visitor click a link that takes them to the form on another page rather than having it incorporated on my main page. I checked out the link you offered. As it's obvious I know very little about this, my next question would be: is having the visitor automatically sent to another page something common to these scripts? The descriptions seem only to make reference to how the collected information is handled.